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One of the frontiers when studying complex and nanostructured materials is the characterization of structure on the nanoscale. We describe how the atomic pair distribution function analysis of powder diffraction data can be used to this end, and what kind of structural information can be obtained in different situations.
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Work in the Billinge group is supported by the US-Department of Energy, Office of Science, through grant DE-AC02-98CH10886 and by the US National Science Foundation through grant DMR-0703940.
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Billinge, S.J.L. (2012). Pair Distribution Function Technique: Principles and Methods. In: Kolb, U., Shankland, K., Meshi, L., Avilov, A., David, W. (eds) Uniting Electron Crystallography and Powder Diffraction. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5580-2_17
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